As the sun rose on Friday, another fiercely competitive weekend kicked off. Just like last weekend, professional film critics collectively spoke out again, praising "Shawshank Redemption", almost throwing the best reviews of this year on the film, just like it is the best in film history.

Almost similar to last week's critics' praise, the theater market, did not cause a fanatical chain reaction.

Perhaps the film's cast lacks appeal, perhaps the title of the film with a slight religious meaning is not likable, perhaps the type and theme of the film are not suitable, or perhaps the sequelae brought by film critics critics criticizing "Sunday" last week, but the audience likes it, the market response of "Shawshank's Redemption" can only be described as unusually plain.

Friday nights are often the first peak of movie viewing on weekends. Parker, a market investigator at mxeb, walked into a theater in the downtown commercial square early to observe the first-tier market reaction of "Shawshank's Redemption".

After 7:30, the number of people entering the theater increased significantly. Parker gradually gained a preliminary impression of the videos he was investigating through a considerable period of visits and data obtained from the theater chain - the situation was not very good.

It is very obvious that although "Sun" enters its second weekend of release, it is still strong, accounting for nearly half of the movie viewing ratio!

Of course, this is also under the expectations of the publisher and their company. Previously, the data feedback from "Day" was there, and no one would be stupid enough to think that "Shawshank Redemption" can compete with this film in the box office market.

It is normal for the film to be unable to compete with "Day", so why is the audience proportion only comparable to "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump"? The latter two have been released for several weeks, while "The Shawshank Redemption" is only released in the first week!

Just as Parker was thinking this way, the screening of "Shawshank's Redemption" ended, and sparse audiences walked over from the cinema. He quickly went up and started a routine draw.

"The video is wonderful and infectious, and the plot is very good..."

Like some viewers he asked during the day, the young man who was stopped praised the video, and Parker asked again, "Will you recommend it to people around you or bring your family and friends to watch it?"

"No!" The young man gave the answer directly without any hesitation, "Absolutely no!"

"Why?" Parker asked quickly.

"This video is too heavy and makes people feel uncomfortable. Even if you watch tragedy, you can often find joy in it."

The young man frowned tightly, "But "Shawshank Redemption" is very depressing. People around me enter the theater for entertainment. They definitely don't want to feel this atmosphere."

Parker then asked several viewers, some of whom had similar opinions and thought the film was wonderful but would not recommend it to others.

With the box office, attendance and audience numbers on Friday, "Day" has always been ahead of the films released at the same time. On Saturday morning, Duke obtained detailed data from the Japanese Studio.

The box office will inevitably rebound on the weekend, although the intensity is not particularly strong. However, "Daily" closed at $15.57 million in a single daily report, taking the lead this weekend.

The second place is the newly released "Shawshank Redemption". He received $5.12 million in a single day, surpassing the $4.78 million of "The Lion King" and the $4.27 million of "Forrest Gump" and the $4.27 million of "Shawk". He won the second place.

In Duke's view, as long as the single-day results of "Shawshank Redemption" can be maintained, the box office in the first weekend will be more than $15 million or even $20 million, which may not be possible to change the fate of a big flop.

However, this movie, which was named the best and strangest in history, cannot be measured by normal film rules at all. Even the boldest evaluation agency could not anticipate its box office trend that was simply not in line with normal laws.

According to the general situation, professional reputation is very high. It will inevitably play a certain publicity role. Coupled with the already good audience reputation and normal weekend release rules, "The Shawshank Redemption" should have a small outbreak on Saturday, at least it can surpass the box office on Friday. However, something that surprised everyone. The audience reputation and professional rating of the film are rising, but the box office suddenly declines.

On Saturday, "The Shawshank Redemption" fell by more than 50%, and the single-day box office plummeted to $2.24 million. "Day", "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump" became the relative beneficiaries, earning $16.34 million, $8.22 million and $7.43 million respectively, which completely outperformed all new films this week.

This is a subversive period. "Day" was belittled by film critics to the point of being worthless, but it continues to be popular. "The Shawshank Redemption" was elevated to a very high level in film history, but it is not popular...

If this situation is only a brief occurrence, the audience may not care, but the media under Time Warner and News Corporation have been hyping up, and it is difficult to not attract attention. The past ten days of disturbances are enough to make the very slow movie fans realize a fact--the movies praised by film critics may not be suitable for them, and the movies they like will not be appreciated by film critics.

Major Hollywood companies have recognized another fact--there is only a five-cent relationship between film critics and the market.

It was this weekend that the preview of "The Eyebrow Chaser" jointly invested by Paramount and Universal Pictures and "The Disguised" by New Line Films did not invite critics to participate, and the interests of this vampire industry were obviously touched.

Also on this weekend, "Sun" started its overseas journey and was the first to land in overseas markets such as the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Spain, Australia, etc. The reaction of the film was like a replica of North America. While triggering a wave of viewers buying tickets, it was crazily criticized and criticized by countless foreign film critics.

"The Japanese is a mixture of multiple alien invasion films, and the theme also reflects American aggressionism!" - France's Le Figaro.

"The Japanese reflects the delusions and ambitions of director Duke Rosenberg's Great Americanism!" - Spanish "Marca".

"The pre-war speech of the US president in the film is the most sensational dialogue in Hollywood history!" - bbc

"Duke Rosenberg is crazy and wants to use science fiction blockbusters to rape the whole world. He actually wants all countries' National Day to be changed to July 4!" - The British "Times".

In this short weekend, Duke caused a sensational effect far exceeds the sum of the past few years. Film critics around the world have set off a frenzy of criticism. Japanese Studios used the media of News Corp. to spread Duke's refutation of critics' words, which caused excitement among the Western world. She wanted to pull Duke out and tie him to the pillar of shame in history.

Criticizing Duke became the political correctness of the film critics, and even some critics who wanted to defend him had to become cautious.

Instead of being silent, Duke continued to build momentum for publicity and hype, saying this in an interview with the famous World News Weekly.

"I won't feel sad about the open and secret arrows shot by the critics. Anyone has to accept the concept of free market. If people don't want to buy my product, then I won't make this product again. But the audience has repeatedly shown that they love to watch my works. Even if the critics don't like it, I will still choose to consider the needs of the audience."

As if afraid that the popularity is not big enough, Duke also said specifically, "I do my best to work hard. I am very happy to see that the audience likes this movie except for the critics. Let's ignore those critics. I'm making movies to make the audience like it."

Film critics were so angry that they gritted their teeth by the continued popularity of "Sun" and issued the most violent and vicious criticism, but they could not stop "Sun" from setting off a "Jurassic Park"-like movie viewing frenzy in the release area.

Especially in North America, the louder the critics critics criticize, the higher the box office numbers of "Day" rise, and the more they praise "Shawshank Redemption", the less popular the film.

When the box office of the new weekend was released, the North American film critics briefly remained silent, and then a bigger wave of criticism was set off, but these all seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the box office numbers of "Day".

The box office of "Day" in North America on the second weekend was as high as US$42.96 million, which not only instantly sold all the films released during the same period, but even exceeded the first week of most films. The cumulative North American box office of the film reached US$159.89 million. Duke won another North American film history record-breaking US$150 million at the fastest!

This result was naturally the champion of the North American weekly box office rankings!

Standing at the highest point and looking down, there is no sign of the newly released film in the second and third places. "The Lion King" that was released for four weeks ranked second with $16.88 million, "Forrest Gump" ranked third with $14.18 million, and "The Four" ranked fourth with no impression of Duke, which had a box office of $9.87 million.

"The Shawshank Redemption", which was sought after by countless film critics, finally ranked fifth with US$8.57 million because of the box office falling again and again in the second two days of the weekend.

Just as Duke thought, "Day" crushed the film critics' own glamorous face with its popularity, making their side that their influence on the market weaker and weaker, completely exposed to Hollywood and moviegoers.

"Sun" also made rapid progress in its first weekend overseas. Although it only appeared in overseas markets in Western Europe and the English-speaking regions, the total score overseas was 75.28 million US dollars on the three days of the weekend, which was enough to make all investors laugh.

As the new week begins, all released films will inevitably begin to decline, and on the weekend, there will be a strong competitor, James Cameron's $115 million blockbuster "The True Lies". (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!

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